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Sunday 31 July 2005LPGA TourYear in Review
Jang wins Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2005 · Jeong Jang’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1,800,000 USD · Weetabix
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 32 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/13°C · wind 42 km/h E, gusts 70 · 26.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SE, gusts 27 · 1.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/15°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 27 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R416°/13°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- Ladies' British Open
- AIG Women's Open
- Women's British Open
- Pretty Polly Women's British Open
- Hitachi Ladies British Open
- Burberry Women's British Open
- Weetabix Women's British Open
- Ricoh Women's British Open
- AIG Women's British Open
1976–2026 in our record, 50 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Sophie Gustafson SWE · 276Closed 67-67 from eight back after 36 holes but finished four behind wire-to-wire leader Jang (LPGA.com; Wikipedia) 2005 Women's British Open - Wikipedia
150 started · cut +5, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
Weetabix Women's British Open
Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Sophie Gustafson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2005
It's fantastic. It's really fun. I don't know that golf could be this fun.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
31 July 2005
I did. I did like, five, six, ten times today, I don't remember. But the caddie just yelled to me, "Stop it!" But I'm still going to look.
Korea JoongAng Daily
8 August 2005
I sleep with a putter in my arms every day. I did that during the British Open,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeong Jang | 68 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 272 | −16 |
| 2 | Sophie Gustafson | 69 · 73 · 67 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T3 | Young Kim | 74 · 68 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Michelle Wie | 75 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Annika Sorenstam | 73 · 69 · 66 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Liselotte Neumann | 71 · 70 · 68 · 70 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Cristie Kerr | 73 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T8 | Grace Park | 77 · 68 · 67 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Natalie Gulbis | 76 · 70 · 68 · 66 | 280 | −8 |
| T8 | Louise Stahle | 73 · 65 · 73 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
The golfer
born 1980-06-11, Daejeon, South Korea; KOR; turned pro 2000; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet